Heel-sweep for plows



PATENTED EEB. 2, 1904. E. -L. ANSLEY. HEEL SWEEP EoE'PLows,

Patented February 2, 304.

UNITED STATES PATENT JQFFICE.

EDWARD LITTLEBERRY ANSLEY, or BEN WHEELER, TEXAS.

HEEL-SWEEP FOR PLows.

' sP-ncIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,369, dated. February 2, 19014. 7

Application filed April 16, 1903.

To all whom it may concern} Be it known that I, EDWARD LITTLEBERRY ANSLEY, a citizen of the United States,-residingat Ben Wheeler,in the county of Van Zandt and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Heel Sweeps for to which it appertains to make and use the 1 same q My invention relates to'certain new and useful mprovements in heel-sweeps for plows; and 1ts object is to providea device of this character which is simple in construction,

durable in-use, eflicientin operation, and comparatively inexpensive of production, a further object being to provide a heel-sweep which maybe adjusted at different angles to adapt the same for use in various kinds of work and upon soil of varying character.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and

particularly pointed out in the appendedplaim. In the drawings, Figure 1 isa vertical ion gitudinal sectional view through the foot of. the standard of a plow, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken onthe line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the heelsweep.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes the standard or stock of a plow, 2 the point or shovel, and 3 abolt which secures the shovel to the standard.

The heel-sweep 4 comprises a central portion 4 and rearwardly-diverging arm's 4 and its central portion has a segmental or, semispherical seat 5, which may be either a semisphericalor concave'depression, as shown in the drawings, or a semispherical or convex projection or bulge upon the front of the cen' tral portion. In the center of this seat 5 is an opening or aperture 6 of greater diameter than the bolt 3, which projects through it.

7 denotes a washer having a convex face 7, which is adapted to engage the concave swam. 152,864. (No model.)

face of these at 5, and 8 denotes a Washer having a concave face 8, which is'adapted to engage the convex face of the said seat 5.

' In attaching the sweep to the plow thebolt 3v is passed through apertures in the shovel-2 and c I '5 5 the standard 1. One of thewashers is placed upon the bolt-with its flat face bearing against the rear of the standard. 'Th'esweepi isthen placed in position by passing the bolt through the aperture 6 in the seat 5. -The other washer is slipped on the bolt, and the usual clamping-nut 10 is then secured upon the threaded end of the bolt to bind said parts together.

Owing to the shape of v the seat 5-and the manner in which it is clamped between the washers, it will be seenthat the sweep i may be adjusted universally at any desired angle and will be securely clamped in position upon the standard. I

As stated, he seat 5 in the central portion may either have its convex face upon the under or rear side, as shown in the drawings, or uponits upper or front side. In the latter case the arrangement of the washers will be reversed from the showing in the drawings.

From theforegoing description, taken -in connection with the accompanying drawings, it isth'ought that the construction, operat on, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A sweep comprising a central portion and arms rigidly fixed thereto and diverging rearwardly therefrom, said central portion having a substantially semispherical seat and an opening extending through the center thereof, in combination with a plow-standard, a shovel on'the front side thereof, a washer on therear side of'the standard, having a convex face engaging the seat of the sweep, a bolt passing through the shovel, the standard,

the washer, and the openingin the seat of the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set sweep, the diameter of the bolt being less than my hand in presence of two subscribing witthat of the opening to permit universal angunesses.

lar adjustment of the sweep, and clamping EDWARD LITTLEBERRY ANSLEY. means on the bolt engaging the rear side of Witnesses: the central portion of the sweep, substan- O. O. MORRIS,

tially as described. H. E. WALLACE. 

